Sunday, March 1, 2009

Mathematics - Indices and Algebra (Part 5)



The palm-like tree also joins the other fruit trees in blooming flowers. The surprise is that there are bees around. It must have honey to attract them.



The bees are busy and we are obviously being ignored. We also ignore them and carry on with our morning errand.



We cannot help it, but to take some more pictures. By this time there were many people crowding around. They are equally curious to know what is happening, with so many bees.





The mathematics question is,

Simplify


This question appears complex and quite intimidating.



Solution:
Let,


Substituting into the expression, we have,



Simplifying,





Summary of Index Laws

The laws are obtained from http://www.intmath.com/Numbers/exp.gif



Another representation of Index Rules

The Rules are obtained from http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/maths/indices3.gif
Copyright © Matthew Pinkney 2003



Reference
http://www.intmath.com/Numbers/exp.gif
http://www.heymath.com/heymath/ (Login ID and Password required)
http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/maths/indices3.gif